Weekly Update!

It's "B" Week!

You have Duty this Week
AM
Car Line: Pennington
Cafeteria: Scott
Sidewalk between the school and gym: Feild
Back Hall: Odom, Patterson, F. Smith
Library: Philpot
First Grade: Latham
PM
Car Line: Osburn, Shannon, Gudgen
Front Lawn/bus: Tilford
Front Hall/Intersection: Williams
Top of Ramp: Mince




Morning Pledge Helpers are listed on our website as one of the ways we recognize children. Please send me a note or an email with the students you've chosen as pledge helpers letting me know why they were chosen.  I will add this to their introduction.  This will probably mean that you will need to make decisions ahead of time, so their parents will make sure they are at school on time.  Pledge Helpers should be in the office no later than 7:50.  Please also consider recognizing them on your class website/FBpage with your Husky Paw Winner.

Our Pledge Helpers

Mon: Higg

Tues: Wessel

Wed: Windham

Thur: Rish

Fri: Patterson

The TAC Committee will meet Wednesday afternoon.  Please get questions turned in prior to Wednesday! Representatives have a red dot on their mailbox. 

If you have a nomination for Team Member of the Month, please get that in by Monday.  I'll announce the honoree Tuesday.




The following are a few quotes that I picked up while I was in Chicago.  They really stirred my heart.  #ourkidsdeserveit

"If you dread Mondays and live for Friday, you are absolutely doing it wrong" PJ Caposey

"If you redo your drivers license test, do you get half credit? If you take the ACT more than once do they average your scores? Why do we give half credit for redos? or average them together?" Rick Wormeli

"Shout out to all the educators that view hallway duty, bus duty, lunch duty, and any other duty over the course of the day, as an opportunity to greet, speak with, and acknowledge students in a non-academic space.  There's so much opportunity during these moments" Dr. Justin Tarte

"If you have to walk down the hall anyway, can't you smile and talk to kids while you do it?" Ron Clark

"We should teach in a way that makes our students want to be teachers when they grow up" Ron Clark

"Every child deserves to be warmly greeted, to have their name used positively, and to be hugged, high-fived, hand-shaked, or at least smiled at by their teacher, daily. This is the bare minimal." Dwayne Reed

Weekly Update - March 18-22

I'll be attending the ASCD EMPOWER19 Conference in Chicago March 15-18.  I'll be available by email or text.  However, if an emergency arises, please contact Mrs. Rosetta.









Next Week is "A" Week!






Our Duty Schedule............
AM
Car Line: Fortenberry
Cafeteria: Scott
Sidewalk between the gym/school: Shorter
Back Hall: Odom, Mince, Dickerson
Library: Higg
First Grade: Grogan
PM
Car Line: Gudgen, Mills, Jones
Front Lawn/bus:Tilford
Front Hall Intersection: Latham
Top of the Ramp: Windham





Our Pledge Helpers!
Mon: Wilson
Tues: Mills
Wed: Mince
Thur: Feild
Fri: Philpot

Weekly Update

It's "B" Week!






These folks have duty this week.....
AM
Car Line: Philpot
Cafeteria: Fortenberry
Sidewalk gym/building: Marshall
Back Hall: Odom, Mince, Patterson
Library: Feild
First Grade Room: Ellison
PM
Car Line: Mills, Jones, Gudgen
Front Lawn/bus: Tilford
Front Hall intersection: Grogan
Top of ramp/workroom: Windham




Our Pledge Helpers.....
Mon: Bamberg
Tues: Shorter
Wed: Shannon
Thur: Harrison
Fri: Wilkerson

Please borrow your students' data notebooks when you have a conferences and don't forget to bring them to PST meetings.

If the weather will cooperate, our playground will be ready for students in early April!

PST will meet two more times this year.  If you have any referrals please add them to Campfire with updated STAR or STAR EL scores before the March 21st meeting.

Security Concern Reported:  Teachers continue to use the front office entrance to take their kids outside during the day.  This afternoon (Friday), while 4 parents were standing waiting for Friday Freeze to get here, 2 full classes passed through this way.  Two single students came back in to go back to get something…This more or less throws our safety plan out the window allowing ample time for a “bad guy” to get through the otherwise secured doors into the building.  Please use the front door, the fifth grade door or the door by the art room when taking your class outside.





Thank you for tweeting and sharing about the Cahaba Colleague Combine experiences (#CCC) We have one more day of observations this week. Some of my favorite quotes from the week:





"This was amazing! I've never had the opportunity to see an entire reading workshop before today".  

"I learned something new from a first year teacher!"  

"Seeing the grade level above mine let me know I need more rigor."

"If all the second graders are working like this, I can't wait until they get to fifth grade!" 

Weekly Update!

This is "A" Week!










Duty this Week....................
AM
Car Line: Johnson
Cafeteria: Young
Sidewalk between school/gym: Shorter
Back Hall: Odom, Mince, Dickerson
Library: Wilkerson
1st grade holding: Latham
PM
Car Line: Windham, Giangrosso, Gudgen
Historic Front/Lawn: Tilford
Front Hall Intersection: Williams
Top of Ramp: Higg




Our Pledge Helpers this week...........
Mon: Tilford
Tues: Latham
Wed: Ellison
Thur: Grogan
Fri: Jones











Last week we reached out to our parents and community and included them in our celebration of reading.  I couldn't have possibly been any prouder of our school, our students and each of you!  Thank you for going the extra mile to make last week so special for our students and their families.





Fourth and Fifth grade teachers!  Please remember to record the trimester averages for your students.  At our Awards program at the end of the year, the students will receive awards based on their YEARLY average.  We've had a difficult time running that report from inow.  It works best to do this one by hand.  If you have any question please ask! 









Please plan to spend PE and Specials time in Collaboration this week.  You'll also need to bring your laptop. 








Congratulations to all of you who encouraged the 6Flags Reading Challenge.  We had 104 students earn a ticket!